On November 11, 2019, American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131 and the Town of Bladensburg Patriotic Committee honored Veterans’ Day at the city’s World War I Memorial.
American Legion Post 804 hosted a Veterans Day event at Atlantic Park in East Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov.10, 2019. Photo by Josh Marshall/The American Legion
American Legion 100th Anniversary Honorary Committee member Diane Carlson Evans was Master of Ceremonies for the Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The 2018 ceremony commemorated the 25th Anniversary of The Vietnam Women's Memorial.
Carlson Evans, a Vietnam combat nurse and American Legion member, began her initiative to build the Women's Memorial in the early 1980s, when she introduced a resolution at her local American Legion post in River Falls, Wisc. Throughout the process, the Department of Wisconsin, and then National American Legion continued the support of her mission.
In February 2018, Carlson Evans received The American Legion Patriot Award for her achievements on behalf of women veterans.
Since 1958,veterans have banded together with community members to ring bells through Loveland, Colo., at four a.m., which is 11 a.m. in Paris when World War I officially ended. On Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, Post 15 and Post 2000 joined other veterans service organizations and community members to carry on the tradition on the 100th anniversary. Later in the day, a parade is held for the community. Photos by Lucas Carter/The American Legion.
A World War I Benefit Concert at American Legion Post 374 in Des Moines, Iowa, helped commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I and benefited the Puppy Jake Foundation, a local nonprofit that trains and provides service dogs to veterans living with PTSD, physical disabilities or other service-related challenges. Photo by Matthew Putney/The American Legion
